The Art of Learning

When most people think of art they think of the visual arts, but it is so much more than that.  The arts encompasses music, dance, drama, culinary art, media art, and visual art.  So basically a bunch of things my girls love.  One of the great things about Mother Goose Time is that so many aspects of the arts are included in every lesson.  Of course there are art projects involving glue, markers, paints, etc.  But they incorporate more than just the visual arts.  Each day we start with circle time and sing songs.  There are also usually finger play or opening song ideas that involve acting out the lyrics.  My girls always love to get up and moving which is why we also receive the dance n' beats DVD.  We usually use it at the end of the lesson.  Over the past few weeks my girls have pretended to plant seeds, acted like worms, and even pretended to run their own produce shop.  One of their favorite dramatic play games was keeping toy rabbits from eating their produce, and they've played it numerous times since the first day we did it.  Addie has helped me cut fruits and vegetables and even started making her own mini pizzas with different vegetable toppings.  One of her favorite things we did this month was when we took a field trip to a local store and I let her use my camera to take pictures.  Children learn when they're having fun, and with Mother Goose Time my girls always have fun.  In fact they have so much fun that they never want to stop.  Addie is always begging to do more and I know once Elli starts talking better she'll be saying the same thing. 

working on a culinary treat